Search Indexing The PDFs of Journal Articles Takes a Really Long Time

chrisalbon
Does anyone else notice that when you download citation information and a PDF from JSTOR or other services, PDF indexing takes a long time?
  • scribbler
    Yes indeed. It would be nice if there were some indicator of what is going on...
  • dstillman
    Unfortunately we're pretty limited by the Mozilla architecture—at least in the JS layer—in terms of providing progress indicators on data-intensive operations. The only way to (semi-)reliably indicate what's going on is to put a manual delay before a notification, which just slows it down more.

    It's possible Firefox 3.0 will be better in this regard.
  • scribbler
    Thanks for that--and in general, thanks for your fast, clear and helpful support.

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